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THE N A V Y
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FEBRtJARY-MARCH-APRlL, 1966
Vol. 28
No. 1
CONTENTS
Page
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V i c e A d m i r a l Sir H a s t i n g s H a r r i n g t o n B u r i e d
at
Sea
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Retirement
of
Commander
D.
J.
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What's N e w
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A t H o m e w i t h Pin
43
N a u t i c a l N o t e s f r o m a l l C o m p a s s Points
12
Swimming
K o r e a n LST i n V i e t n a m
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Admiral
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Becher Retires
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PATRON: The Go-e-nor-General. H.s E n
icy the Right Honourable
couhICIL
Lord Casey. P C , G C . M . G . . C H , D S O . M C , K Si J
Patron: His Excellency,
the Governor of
Victoria
President: Rendall H. Collins. Esq
Secretory: Miss E C Shorrocks, 526 Collins
Street. Melbourne. C . I
South Australian Division
Queensland Division
Patron: Hi» Exrellency,
the Governor of
Patron: The Governor-General, His Excellency
Sojth Australio
the Right Honorable l o r d Casey P C ,
President: F, M Dunn. Esq
G.C M . G . .
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D.S O .
M.C ,
Hon. Secretary: R R Sutton, Esq.. 30 Pine
K St J
Street, Adelaide
President: Cdr. N . S P.xtey. M B E . V R D ,
R.A.N.R. I Retd. J
Tasmanian Division
Hon.
Secretary: G B O ' N e i l l . Esq , Box
Patron: Vice Admiral Sir Guy W y a t l . K B E .
376E. G.P.O , Brisbane
C B . . R.N
Australian Capital Territory Division
President: Cdr. A H Green. O B E . . D S C .
President: Lieut. Cdr. J. B Howse. V R D .
R A N (Retd )
R.A N.V.R.
Hon.
Secretary: lieut -Cmdr. J C M a h o n .
Hon.
Secretary. Lieut. Cdr. D
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Hon.
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Representatives of the N a v a l Board:
Navy
FEDERAL
Rear Admli ol H. A
Showers.
Preildent:
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Cdr J. B Howie
Deputy-Pra sident: Lieut
V R D., R.A N V R
Secretary: Lieut. J
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President: Rear Admiral H
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Hen Secretory: l.eut. J I Tyson, R A N R
Page One
Vice Admiral
Sir Hastings
Harrington
Buried a t Sea
From :i grey warship under an
overcast sky i he body of Vice-Admiral Sir Hasting Harrington w a ,
committed to the sea.
Sir Hastings died in Canberra on
the 17th December. I%5. at the age
of 59 years.
He had retired in February after
a distinguished 45-year career in the
R.A.N, which took him from midshipman to Chief of Naval Staff.
In accordance with his wish, he
was buried at sea off Sydney Heads.
Irom the destroyer H.M.A.S. Vampire.
The ceremony began at (iarden Iv
land at 10 a.m. on Monday. 20th
December. 1965.
I he service was broadcast to (lie
Harrington, dressed in white shirt
and shorts, marched behind, fol- Derwent. on which bare-headed
lowed by about 30 mourners, some sailors lined the rails.
of whom had known Sir Hastings
On the Vampire the lines of men
throughout his career.
swayed with the roll of the ship, the
square
collars and bell bottomed
At the Vampire, which had ii*<
flags at half-mast, eight bare-headed trousers fluttered in the strong
sailors carried the coffin, draped with breeze.
a black-trimmed Australian flag, up
Four seagulls hung almost motionthe gangway, while bosuns" pipes
shrilled, piping Sir Hastings aboard less above the water.
for the last time.
The senior Ang'ican Chaplain to
the R.A.N.. Archdeacon J. O. Were.
The frigate H.M.A.S. Derwent.
said Sii Hastings ""gave everything he
carrying mourners, escorted the had to the Navy and when his lime
Vampire to sea.
in the Navy was over, his life, in a
Sixteen miles oil Sydney Heads the way. was over."
two ships. 100 yards apart, slowed,
"Let u> be thankful for his long
then stopped.
service, courage and leadership."
On the Vampire the silence was
A naval band, the drums and
Drum Major's mace trimmed in broken only by an occasional comblack, led the procession playing the mand and the swish of the seas as
funeral dirge, each beat of the bass the ship rolled in the heavy swell.
drum
echoing
and
re-echoing
I>espitc the white uniforms, gold
around the dockyard.
braid, gold swords and shining
The tiring-party followed at the medals, the impression was one of
slow march with rifles reversed.
greyness. - g r e y sky. grey sea. grey
Eight admirals were among the 10 warships.
The coffin slid from under the flag
ind disappeared beneath the waves.
Three volleys rang out from the
firing parly of 12. the empty cartridges clattering on the steel deck.
Two buglers sounded the Last Post
and Reveille which echoed back
from the Derwent.
pallbearers, flanking the hearse.
Vice-Admiral Sir Hastings HarAnd even with the crowd of
Sir Hastings. 17-year-old son. Mid- mourners and sailors, there was still rington had returned to the sea to
which he had devoted his life.
shipman Charles Simon Hastings an emptiness.
Vice-Admiral
Harrington
was
born on 17lh May. 1906. at Maryborough, in Queensland, the son of
H. E. Harrington, barrister-al law,
of Sydney.
After attending the Wychbury
Preparatory School, he entered the
Royal Australian Naval College in
1920. and graduated in 1924.
From 1924 until 1939. he served
in H.M.A. Ships Brisbane and
Adelaide. H.M. Ships Malaya, Rodney and Cornwall. H.M.A. Ships
Success. Albatross. Canberra and
Swan, and the Royal Australian
Naval College.
As a Lieutenant-Commander, in
1939, Admiral
Harrington
took
command of H.M.A.S. Yarra. and
for 2J years served in the Mediterranean, the Red Sea. the Persian
Ciulf and the Fast Indies. While
serving in Yarra he was promoted
to Commander, awarded the Distinguished Service Order and was
twice mentioned in despatches.
After leaving Yarra he was appointed
Executive
Officer
of
H.M.A.S. Australia and in her took
par; :n the Battle of the Coral Sea.
landings at Guadalcanal, and the
landings along the North Coast of
New Guinea and in New Britain.
He became Captain of H.M.A.S.
Quiberon in 1944, on the East Indies
Station.
After the war he was appointed
to Navy Office for duly with the IX*partment of Defence Secretarial and
sat on a committee which selected
oflicer and rating pilots for the
newly formed R.A.N. Fleet Air Arm.
He was promoted Captain in 1947.
Later he commanded the Tribal
class destroyer H.M.A.S. Warramunga and held the appointment of
Captain ( D ) Tenth Destroyer Flotilla.
He completed the l(>52 course at
the Imperial Defence College follow
ing which he served for two year.,
on exchange service with the Royal
Navy.
In 1955 he was appointed Captain
of H.M.A.S. Sydney and in 1957 he
was promoted to Rear-Admiral and
appointed Flag Ollicer-in-Charge.
Fast Australia Area. In 1958 he became Second Naval Member and in
December, 1959, he assumed command of the Fleet as Flag Officer
Commanding Her Majesty's Australian Fleet in H.M.A.S. Melbourne.
He was promoted to Vice-Admiral
on 24th February. 1962. and appointed to Navy Office as First
Naval Member and Chief of Naval
Stalf. He was awarded the K.B.E.
in the Queen's Birthday Honours
List. 1963.
Vice Admiral Harrington retired
as Chief of the Naval Staff on February 23, 1965.
Fellows and Associates of the
Navy League of Australia extend to
Lady Harrington and family their
deepest sympathy in the loss they
have sustained.
CONTRIBUTIONS
INVITED
The editor invites persons to submil articles and photographs for inclusion in the magazine. All Contributions should be addressed: The
Editor, "The Navy". Box C i 7 8 .
Clarence Street. Post Office. Sydney N.S.W.. Australia.
The editor does not hold himself
responsible for manuscripts, though
every effort will be made to return
those found unsuitable and with
which a stamped and readdressed
envelope is enclosed.
Retirement of
Commander D.J. M o r t ,
C.F.M., A.S.C.C.
Commander Mort commenced his Naval training on 23rd January, 1917, when he joined
H.M.A.S. Tingira as a boy 2nd class.
Over the past 49 years he has served in more
than 12 ships of the R.A.N. Commander Mort
first joined the New South Wales Navy League
Sea Cadet Corps in 1937 and apart from war
service has maintained his interest in the Corps
to the present day. His leadership and inspiration ha\e been a source of encouragement to
many boys over the years
OUR COVER
It is realised that it will be difficult for Commander Mort to sever all connections with the
Navy, however, all who have personally known
him or served under him will want me. I know.
to wish him a long and happy retirement.
" C a p t a i n ' , Conference" by H o w a r d
Editor.
Terpning
(Reproduced by courtesy of the Reader'. Digest Association Pty. Ltd.)
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THE NAVY, Februory-Morch-April,
Sydney. March 9 to March 16.
Frecmantlc, March 22 to March
26.
Adelaide. March 29 to March 31.
Melbourne. April 2 to April 5.
Perth will be open for public inspection in each port.
CHRISTENING OF AN ARMY
SHIP
The Army christened a former
civilian freighter for the first time,
at a ceremony at Chowder Bay, in
IIOBART COMMISSIONS
Sydney, during November. The vesThe latest addition to the Austra- sel, which was formerly operated
lian Fleet, the guided missile de- as the "Marra" on the West Ausstroyer H.M.A.S. Hobart. was com- tralian coast, was named "John
missioned at the U.S. Naval Ship- Monash" after General Sir John
yard, Boston, on 18th December, Monash. a distinguished Australian
1965.
soldier and engineer, who died in
The ship was accepted from her 1931.
American builders by Mr J. Keith
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Names beginning with the letter
August after working up in Ameri"A"
have
been
chosen for the nine
can waters.
100 ft patrol vessels building for
the Royal Australian Navy.
NEW R.A.N. BASE NAMED
The vessels will be called. Attack,
"PLATYPUS**
Assail, Advance, Acute, Adroit,
The Royal Australian Navy's sub- Aware, Ardent, Archer and Arrow.
marine base at Neutral Bay, N.S.W.,
will be named H.M.A.S. "Platypus*.
LONE SAILOR CROSSES
The base is being developed to
TASMAN
cater for Australia's planned squadA Brisbane man arrived in Auckron of Obcron class submarines.
land recently in his 18 ft plywood
The Minister for the Navy. Mr F. sloop "Piccaninny" after sailing
C. Chaney, said the name Platypus single-handed across the Tasman.
had earlier connections with the
He is Mr. M. Brannigan, 27, an
submarine fleet.
electrician, who took 42 days, and
A former R.A.N, ship of this sailed more than 1900 miles.
name acted as a mother ship for
He left Brisbane with food for
the Navy's first six "J" class sub- 100 days' sailing—his staple diet
marines, and escorted them on their was rice and bully beef.
delivery voyage from Britain in
1919.
R.A.N. OFFICER TOPS COURSE
Ten years later it was mother
An R.A.N. officer, who is training
ship for Oxley and Otway. the last as a submariner in Britain, has topsubmarines owned by the Navy.
ped the Royal Navy's Submarine
Course.
"PERTH TO VISIT STATES*1
The officer, Lieutenant W. RayAustralia's first guided missile de- mont, of Kogarah, N.S.W., took the
stroyer, H.M.A.S. Perth, will visit course at H.M.S. Dolphin, the Royal
all mainland State capitals between Navy's submarine training school.
March 4 and April 5.
He was awarded the Admiral Sir
The programme is:
Max Horton prize for topping the
Brisbane, March 4 to March 7.
course.
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THE NAVY, F«brvary-M0rch.Apri!, 1966
Lieutenant Raymont entered the
1954 and graduated from the College in 1955.
After graduating he served at
H.M.A.S. Albatross and in H.M.A.S.
Swan, and undertook training at
H.M.S. Dartmouth in the United
Kingdom in 1956.
He returned to Australia in 1957
and served aboard H.M.A.S. Quickmatch and in 1958, completed the
Engineering Course at the Royal
Navy Engineering College at Manadon'in England.
In 1962 he was appointed to serve
in H.M.A.S. Melbourne and from
1963 to 1965. served at the R.A.N.'s
Apprentice Training Establishment,
H.M.A.S. Nirimba.
TARTAR MAINTENANCE
A question to the Minister for
the Navy. Mr Chaney, from Mr
Jess, M.H.R., brought an answer
suggesting that the R.A.N, is preparing to do its own maintenance of
the Tartar medium-range anti-aircraft missiles with which the new
guided missile destroyers are armed,
though this was not made entirely
clear.
"Each of the ships will be equipped with a specified number of missiles as part of its armament and
there will be in reserve a number
of missiles determined according to
standards laid down by the defence
authorities," said Mr Cheney.
"The maintenance of the missile
systems will be a joint project of
th* Departing-1 of the Navy and the
Department of Supply, which is the
Department ultimately responsible
for the work.
"With respect to the training of
technicians my Department has at
present in the United States of
America several members of the
technical staff who are undergoing
training where this kind of training
is given. They will return to Australia with the necessary p.oficiency
to undertake the training of technician*, here."
R.A.N. RECRUITING BEGINS
IN NEW GUINEA
Recruits arc being selected for the
1%6 entry into the Papua-New
Guinea Division of the R.A.N.
The men are being recruited to
man the five. 100 ft Attack-class
patrol craft which are being built for
the R.A.N.'s Papua-New Guinea
Coastal Security Force.
It is expected (hat the first patrol
craft will be available early in l%7
For the present all training is
being conducted at H.M.A.S. Taranguu. on Manus Island.
Initially the rive patrol craft will
be operated on crews of R.A.N, and
P.N.G. sailors. Eventually i( is intended that these craft will be manned entirely by suitably trained
P.N.G. sailors. It is also intended
to introduce an Officer Entry into
the P.N.G. Division of the R.A.N.
NEW CADET MIDSHIPMEN
BEGIN TRAINING
During January this year, fiftyfive young men from all parts of
Australia. New Zealand and PapuaNew Guinea entered the Royal Australian Naval College at Jervis Bay.
The entry contained thirty-two
junior candidates (aged 15-17 years)
and twenty-three senior candidates
' Matriculation entry).
Eight of the senior entrants
were sailors who had studied for
matriculation under (he K A N .
"Topman" and "Upper Yardman"
schemes.
NAVY HOLIDAY FOR
SCHOOLBOYS
Forty-seven secondary school boys
from all States spent a week of (heir
holidays at the Royal Australian
Navy College at Jervis Bay from
Monday. 17th January. 1966.
They were guests of the R.A.N.
who paid their fares to the college
Seventeen of the boys were from
New South Wales. 14 from Victoria,
eight from Queensland, four from
Western Australia, three from South
Australia, and one from Tasmania.
During (he week they were taken
to sea for a day in a warship,
shown the Naval Air Station at
Nowra. inspected the Garden Island
docky rd in Sydney, sailed in the
college's yachts, and heard lectures
on aspects of Navy life.
f e r Six
The boys all sat for matriculation
examinations last year and are
eligible for senior entry into the
Naval College.
All the hoys had expressed an interest in the Navy and had been
selected to visit the college by their
schools.
It is the third time groups ot boys
have been guests of the Navy at the
college during their summer holidays.
SURVEY SHIP RETURNS
H.M.A.S. Moresby, the Royal
Australian Navy's modern survey
ship, returned to Sydney on Friday 17th December .1965. after a 4J
month survey of the seaward approaches to Port Hedland. Western
Australia.
Port Hedland is being developed
as a major port for the export of
iron ore.
From mid-September to mid-October last year Moresby was assisted
by H.M.A. Ships Gascoync and Diamantina and the General Purpose
vessel Bass. A shipping lane 15 miles
wide extending from the Rowley
Shoales for about 150 miles to the
approaches of Port Hedland was
examined. This survey is essential for
the safe navigation of the deep
draught vessels which are expected
to be used for the shipping of iron
ore.
During the survey, camps were
maintained in a number of remote
islands to operate electronic equipment. Although the islands were
small, barren and treeless, the camp
duties were popular assignments.
The ship's.helicopter was used extensively to establish and supply the
camps.
In mid-season the ship visited
Singapore and Bangkok, in both
ports the ship, with her yacht-like
lines and wearing a White Ensign,
created much interest.
R.A.N. IN YACHT RACE
The Royal Australian Naval College's 43 ft. sloop "Franklin" competed in the Sydney to Mohan yacht
race for the first time last year.
Franklin is the biggest and fastest
of three ocean racing yachts at the
college. All cadet midshipmen get
seamanship training in the boats.
Franklin was skippered by Li.
Cdr. G. J. Tilly, of Hackett.
Lt. Cdr. Tilly's crew members all
come from the R.A.N. College at
Jervis Bay.
Franklin was built in 1962 at Garden Island. Sydney for 'he R.A.N.
College.
She is modelled on a Morgan
Giles sloop design for ihe Royal
Navy. She carries an Australian-designed rig.
This year Franklin has taken
part in all major offshore races in
N.S.W.
This year's race was 'international'
in that yachts from the United
Kingdom. South Africa and Italy
competed.
The race was won by the N.S.W.
yacht Freya. corrected time 3 days
10 hours 3 minutes 26 seconds
Freya also won in 1963 and 1964.
First across the line was the 73 ft
ketch. Stormvogcl (Sth. Africa)
whose corrected time was 4 days
2 hours 28 minutes 8 seconds.
Franklin's corrected time was 3
days 22 hours II minutes 29 seconds.
During (he race. Lieut. Franco
Barbalonga. of the Italian Navy
yacht. Corsaro II fell overboard and
rescued by a competing yacht which
was several minutes behind the
Italian vessel.
QUEENBOROUGH TO
RECOMMISSION
The Royal Australian Navy's fast
anti-submarine
frigate,
H.M.A.S.
"Queen bo rough" will be re-commissioned and the frigate H.M.A.S.
"Gascoyne" has been paid off.
Queenbornugh, which has been in
reserve since June, 1963. will commission about the middle of this
year. Gascoyne payed off into the
reserve on February 1.
Quccnborough will be used for
anti-submarine training, operational
flying school and helicopter training and to give seamanship experience to recruits and reservists.
She will also be available for use
as an escort and will assist in ocean
ographic and hydrographic work.
Queenborough. formerly one of
(he best known R.A.N, ships, was
built as a fleet destroyer for the
Royal Navy and completed in England in December. 1942. In 1945 she
was loaned to the R.A.N, and transTHE NAVY, F.bruory-Moreh-April,
1966
(erred permanently ii. 1950.
Modernised to a fast anti-submarine frigate at Cockatoo Island.
Sydney. Queenborough rejoined the
Australian Fleet in 1954.
Until she went into reserve in
1963,
Queenborough
had
been
leader of the R.A.N.'s First Fr
ate Squadron, served in the British
Commonwealth Strategic Reserve
and visited most A..ian countries.
She had also visited Britain.
Gascoyne was built at Mori's
Dock and Engineering Co.. Sydney,
and completed in January. 1944.
Her first wartime task was as an
escort in Milne Bay and waters near
New Guinea. Later in 1944 and in
1945 she operated round the Philippines and several times was attacked
by Japanese aircraft but was never
hit.
In April. 1946. after steaming
82,0(X> miles on war service. Gascoync was paid off into the reserve.
She was recommissioncd as a survey, oceanographic research and seamanship training ship in 1959, and
has been so employed eve: since.
She has undertaken many deep sea
research voyages for the C.S.I.R.O.
EXPLOSIONS IN BASS STRAIT
The Royal Australian Navy's
trials ship. H.M.A.S. "Kimbla" began dropping twelve, one-ton explosive charges in Bass Strait between Victoria and Tasmania during February. The explosions, were
set off over a period of three weeks
and were studied by scientists at 29
temporary and permanent seismic
stations situated up to 4C0 miles
away in Victoria. New South Wa'cs
and Tasmania.
The experiment orpani^cd by the
Gcopyhsics Group of the Australian Institute of Physics, was named
"Bump" . . . Bas-, Upper Mantle
Project.
From Ihe study of the effect of
the explosions geologists hope to
learn more about the struc U'c of
the earth's crust below Bass Strait
and of the physical properties of
the upper mantle, the cash's second layer below the emit.
Oil geologists will give particular
attention to information obtained
about the shallower parts on the
crust under Bass Strait where roiunTH[ NAVY, Miruaty-Marih-Aptll, 1966
tial oil bearing strata might be
found.
Special timing equipment cnab'ed
the scientists to time the explosions
with an accuracy of a few hundredths of a second. The "Kimbla"
used Radio Direction Finding Equip-
ment to determine accurately where
to drop the charges.
The Nuffield Foundation gave
$4000 towards the cost of the experiment. Assistance was also given
by several oil prospecting companies.
Red Submarines 'Off
Australia and the U.S.'
Russia is keeping long-range missile-armed submarines Mon
station** off Australia, the United States and China.
The United States leads in nuclear
This information was leported in
the 1965-66 edition of "Janes Fight- submarines with 60, but trails the
ing Ships"—regarded as the most Russians with 140 conventional unauthoritative reference published on derwater craft for a total of 200.
the world's navies.
A'l 35 Soviet nuclear submarines
!t said the Russian fleet has almost were reported "operational" by
as many nuclear and conventional Janes'.
submarines as the rest of the world
Editor Raymond Blackman said
combined.
Britain was greatly in need of more
Janes' estimated the global sub- aircraft carriers, frigates and nuclearmarine fleet at 859 vessels operated powered submarines.
by 30 countries.
France was increasing the nuclear
Only three nations—the United element of Its fleet. West GermanyStates, Russia and Britain—have nu- was becoming a big European naval
clear powered and missile armed un- power with American help. Italy was
producing interesting new ship dederwater craft in operation.
The publication listed the Soviet signs and Japan was fast becoming
Submarine fleet at 390 conventional the "United Kingdom of the Far
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1951. he commanded the Battle Class
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1966
As a cadet-midshipman at the
Royal Australian Naval College. Admiral Morrison proved himself a
1966
notable sportsman and gained his
colours for cricket, rugby, hockey,
tennis, and rowing.
Later, when he was serving with
the Royal Navy, first as a sub- lieutenant and afterwards a lieutenant
he represented the Navy at cricket.
Other appointments include:
l>eputy Chief of Naval Staff from
1962 until the end of 1964.
Captain of the aircraft carrier.
H.M.A.S. Melbourne and Chief Staff
Officer to the Flag Officer Commanding Her Majesty's Australian
Fleet in December. 1958. until December. 1959. Australian Naval Representative and Navy Attache at
the Australian Embassy in Washington from July. 1956. until he left
there for the United Kingdom to
begin the Imperial Defence College
Course.
Rear Admiral V. A. Smith, entered the Royal Australian Navy
College in 1927. He specialized in
Naval aviation and gained his wings
as an Observer in the Fleet Air
Arm in 1937.
He was Mentioned in Despatches
for an air torpedo attack on
"Scharnhorst". in fighter squadron
operations from H.M.S. Ark Royal
in 1941, for outstanding zeal,
patience, and cheerfulness and for
setting an example of wholehearted
devotion to duty.
After his return to Australia in
1942 for liaison duty with the United
States Navy, he was appointed to
serve in H.M.A.S. Canberra and
was serving on the ship when it was
lost. During 1943. he served in
H.M.S. Tracker in the Atlantic and
on Russian convoys.
He was executive officer in
H.M.A.S. Sydney during Korean operations in 1951.
Promoted
to
Lieutenant-Commander in 1944. he served on the
staff of Flag Officer British Assault
Area (Normandy). At cessation of
hostilities he was on the staff of
Vice Admiral (Q) British Pacific
Fleet.
Rear Admiral Smith has held a
number of important command and
staff appointments.
He has been Director of Air Welfare Organisation and Training; Captain of the R.A.N. Air Station.
H.M.A.S. Albatross; Commanding
Officer of the First Frigate Squadron
and Captain of the Flag Ship
H.M.A.S. Melbourne.
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MALAYSIA
Nautical Notes from All Compass Points
By SONAR
CANADA
Royal Canadian Navy's new 200ton High speed ASW hydrofoil,
scheduled for completion and
initial sea trials in 1966. will have
a Canadian Wcstinghouse-devcloped
Fighting Equipment System, based
on the Model 2402 computer. It will
include computer programme and
action information processing; variable depth sonar: high speed navigation aids; advanced ASW weapons; a communicating link capable
of transmitting data automatically
between ships, and high resolution
marine radar with provision for
electronic counter measures. Westinghousc's Electronics Division is
alo building a facility to simulate
tactical operating conditions existing on the hydrofoil vessel, including a bridge and operations centre
using an IBM 360 30 computer to
provide the needed dynamic environment.
SECOND CANADIAN
"OBERON"
The second of the three Obcronclass submarines ordered by the
Royal Canadian Navy was launched
on September 25 at H.M. (dockyard.
Chatham. She was named Onondaga (sister ship "Ojibwa") by Mrs
Paul Hcllyer, wife of the Canadian
Minister of National Defence.
The Onondaga is an attack submarine can fire homing torpedoes
and has the latest detection gear.
She will be fast underwater and
able to stay down for a long time.
A constructional feature is the large
amount of fibre-glass in her superstructure.
She is named after a tribe of
North American Indians, nowadays
widely dispersed over the U.S.A.
and Canada.
"SKEENA" COMMISSIONS
AFTER CONVERSION
Her thirteen-month conversion
will enable H.M.C.S- Skeena to opcrate the nine-ton all-weather antisubmarine Sea King helicopter, l i e
comm ssioning marked the fifth of
her class to rejoin the fleet as a
£,
helicopter
destroyer.
H.M.C.S.
Saguenay has also just completed
similar conversion, which only
leaves the Margaret and f-'raser uncompleted.
The e'evator, the first dry docking facility of any appreciable size
in the Halifax dockyard, will employ a technique new to Canadian
shipyards. Instead of pumping an
enclosure dry of water, the system
will hoist the vessel out of the
NEW ASW HYDROFOIL
and transfer it to dry land
Royal Canadian Navy's FHE-400 water
ASW hydrofoil — a 200-ton vessel, by rail.
equiped with variable depth sonar,
torpedoes, radar and nav-com — is
being developed by dc Havilland
HIGH-SPEED GAS
Canada with many interesting feaGas turbine propulsion systems
tures. Its action information centre
will be equipped with a DPS-2401 will be installed in the four helidata processor supplied by West- copter destroyers to be built for the
icghousc
Defence
and Space Royal Canadian Navy in 1967-71,
Centre, which is also under subcon- instead of the originally planned
tract from Canadian Westinghouse. steam power plants.
providing compilers for the hyrdoThe decision to employ gas turfoil's two computers. The DPS-2401 bine power plants in the helicopter
has a 41 xxi- '32.(MM> word memory and destroyers is regarded as one of
cycle time of 2 microseconds.
the most important steps in the history of warship construction in Canada.
number of other navies have
HELICOPTER DECK-LANDING been Ausing
gas turbines in combinaDEVICE
tion with other types of engines for
A Canadian-designed device to ship propulsion. Canada will be
aid the landing of helicopters on among the first to construct warhoard warships has been adopted by ships of destroyer size with all-gas
the Royal Canadian Navy. Eight of turbine plants.
the new Beartrap helicopter hauldown systems have now been ordered from Fairey Canada Ltd.. the
developers. The system, which looks
DESTROYER COMMISSIONS
simple is. in fact, quite an intricate
The helicopter-destroyer Marpiece of mechanism.
The new units will be used in the garec. commissioned late last year
Assiniboine-class anti-submarine de- at Victoria Machinery Depot. Vicstroyer-escorts. A demonstration, toria. B.C.. after a 13-month refit
given recently to N.A.T.O. officers and conversion.
and officials on board H.M.C.S. AsThe 366-ft Margurvc is the sixth
siniboine. was well received.
of the Si Laurent class to emerge
from Canadian shipyards with facilities for operating the nine-ton
NEW DOCK AT HALIFAX
all-weather Sea King he'icopters in
Tenders arc to be called for a anli-suhmarine warfare. The ships
unique type of dry dock for the also have been fitted with Canadian
naval dockyard in Halifax. Known variable depth sonar.
as a Synchrolift Marine Elevator, it
The Margarce sailed for Halifax
has been designed particularly for
the survey and repair of Canada's from Esquimalt. B.C.. to serve in
three new ()' class submarines the the Atlantic fleet.
first of which is being commissioned
She was originally commissioned
shortly. The dry dock will also be in October. 1957. at Halifax Shipcapable of handling the FHE 400, yards, Halifax, and arrived on the
the R.C.N, s experimental hydro- west coast in November, 1957. The
foil anti-submarine craft now under ship was paid off in September.
construction.
1964. for refit and conversion.
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LAUNCHED
K.D. Pcrkasa, the first of four
50-knot patrol boats designed and
built by Vospcr Limited, Portsmouth, to meet the requirements of
the Royal Malaysian Navy, was
launched at Vospers Portchesier
Shipyard, on October 26, 1%5. by
Her Highness the Tcngku Ampaun
of Selangor, Consort of His Highness
the Sultan of Selangor.
The Perkasa has a hull entirely of
wood, with uppcrworks of aluminium alloy. She is powered by three
Bristol Siddeley Proteus Cias Turbines, which will give her a speed of
over 50 knots, and filled with General Motors diesel engines for
manoeuvring and cruising. She will
be armed with 40mm. guns and 21
in. torpedoes and will be air-conditioned throughout. (The Pcrkasa
class arc generally similar to the Solven class, recently designed and built
by Vospcr Limited for the Royal
Danish Navy.) The complement will
be three officers, three petty officers,
and 16 junior ratings.
Vosper's association with the
Royal Malaysian Navy began with
the supply of six 103 ft. dicscl-cngined patrol craft of the Sri Kcdah
class in 1963, and four similar vessels
of the Sri Sabah class in 1964. A
further fourteen modified Sri Sabah
class patrol craft are at present under
construction.
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SUBMARINE ESCAPES
Royal Navy divers from H.M.S
Dolphin have been making tests
on submarine escape techniques from
depths of 450 ft. The escapes arc
made from a one-man air'ock which
can be flooded in a few seconds
to minimise the time for which the
escapee is subjected to the pressure.
The escapee wears an air-filled hood
with a transparent plastic window
which provides buoyancy for the
ascent and air for normal breathing
during the 90 seconds of the trip to
the surface.
SOUTH AFRICA
NAVY TAKE-OVER
The take-over of the Simonstown naval base by the South African Navy was completed in 1965.
when the wireless station on Red
Hill. Simon* town, was handed over
by the Royal Navy.
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1966
•R7.5M. ON PLANT
UNITED KINGDOM
More than R28M is being spent
Nineteen of the R.N. s redundant
on improvements to uurban s port piston-engined Whirlwind HAS.7s
and a further R7 J m will be paid are being converted at Westland's
for new appliances which are to be Weiton Division to 11AR.9 standard,
provided for the harbour.
with the Bristol Siddeley 11.1000
In addition R62.000 has been al- CJnomc-cnginc installed, for the
located for an automatic lighthouse R.N.'s carrier-borne plane-guard
at North Sand Bluff on Natal's flights.
South Coast, about halfway between
SUBMARINES FOR BRITAIN
Port St. Johns and Port Shcpslor.c.
U.S. Defence Secretary Robert
The major project to be underMcNamara
has offered the British
taken, for which tenders have already been ca'lcd, is the const .).- a new deal on Polaris-missile nuclear
tion of the new pier (No. I) at submarines. The terms would have
London drop its own sub-developSalisbury Island.
ment programme, to buy the four
•Rand.
boats it wants from the U.S. The
price would be attractive because
1S0-ION DIVING BELL
A diving bell with six men in it the Navy still has the Polaris sub
slid silently into the Mediterranean in production.
last month in the latest of a series
AIRCRAFT CARRIER
of French experiments on man s unMAGNIFICENT FOR SCRAP
dersea adaptability.
Shopbreaking Industries (M. I.
The tests, directed by French un- Group) has purchased the light fleet
derwater explorer, Cmdr. Jacques- carrier Magnificent. She will be
Yves Cousteau, are also aimed at broken up.
hoping the technique of undersea
The Magnificent, of 15.700 tons
oil prospecting.
displacement, was built by Harland
& Wolff at Belfast. She was launched
SOUTH AFRICANS REPLACE in 1944 and completed in 1948. The
BRITISH
whole of her active career was spent
Speaking at a recent lecture in with the Royal Canadian Navy.
Stellenbo.xh. the Naval Chief of
Staff, Rear-Admiral H. H. Bier- F i l l WILL BE U.K. NUCLEAR
mann said that when South Africa
STRIKE PLANE
took over Simonstown as a naval
It has been reported that Britain,
base it was necessary to kc?p on despite Government denials, would
120 members of the British staff and use the American Fill as a nuclear
today only one was left.
bomber.
"We do most of the training of
It said the Fill would carry
our personnel in South Africa. For weapons designed for the cancelled
some very specialised tasks, how- TSR2.
ever, our naval personnel is sent
Work on the TSR2 s delivery sysoverseas as it would be uneconomic tems and nue'ear weapons was being
to Irani them here. I nm:i add that pushed ahead so they would be
these men acquit themselves very ready by 1969 when the Fill enwell at these overseas wur.es.
tered the R.A.F. service.
"I should, however, like to see
Among the weapons was the allStellenbosch open the possibilities purpose bomb, the existence of
of training naval architects."
which was disclosed in 1963 by the
Admiral Biermann also said that Minister for Defence (Mr Thorncyto create an Afrikaans naval croft.)
language had been a big task, but
Others included the Martel Anglothe navy had succeeded very well. French anti-radar and televisionThe popu'ariiy of the naval gym- guided nuclear missile.
nasia had made the navy very acThese would fit into the internal
ceptable, even in the rural areas.
bomb bay of the F i l l .
POLITICAL
He added that attention would be
given to a language laboratory. Few
Everyone connected with the
South African naval officers knew project had been asked to avoid
French and it would be one of the mentioning the Fill's nuclear role
first tasks of the laboratory to teach because the Prime Minister (Mr.
t'.ble personnel French and Portu- Wilson) was anxious to play it
guese.
down for political reasons.
He wanted (o avoid conflict with lons a day. This will mean processing up to 200,000 gallons of sea
Labor's Left Wing.
The Defence Secretary (Mr. Denis water an hour. The centre is exHealey) told Parliament the United pected to be completed by the
States had agreed to extend the summer of 1966. It will be Britain's
deadline for a decision on buying largest test establishment for desalination and some of the research
the Fill until March I.
The original deadline was January will be carried out in collaboration
with the U.K. Atomic Energy
Authority and under the Ministry
of Technology's £1.500.000 proTOULON, FRANCE. Operating gramme of aid for desalination refrom the diving ship "Reclaim". search.
Royal Navy divers have completed
18 dives at a depth of 180 metres
of up to an hour. Operating from
METAL FLAWS DOCK FIRST
a submersible recomprcss on chamBRITISH \ SI B
ber, the divers used oxygen-helium
Britain has withdrawn its first
mixtures of undisclosed propor- atomic submarine from service betions.
cause of dangerous metal failures,
"ENCORE" TO THE RESCUE natal authorities report.
The programme for four Polaris
An example of Fleet assistance
was that given by the Fleet tug submarine is likely to be delayed,
Encore, to the U.S. Navy ship the sources said. The submarine
Chepachet. The 10,000 ion tanker withdrawn from service is the 3000
had broken down with engine ton Dreadnought, a hunter-killer
trouble 300 miles north east of carrying conventional torpedoes.
Officials said a scries of hair-line
Singapore and about 30 miles off
the Malay coast. Encore was sailed fractures deve'oned in welds in its
from Singapore and returned four hull. They insist these have prodays later w:th the Chepachet in duced no danger of a radio-active
tow. It resulted in a signal from the leak from the submarine's AmeriU.S. Navy saying, "your prompt re- can-built reactor.
sponse and the professional assistance rendered to the U.S.vs.
Chepachet by Encore are appreci- LONDONDERRY NAVAL BASE
TO CLOSE
ated and considered to be in keeping with the finest traditions of the
Bad news for Londonderry City.
British Navy. Please pass my The Westminster Government has
heartiest well-done to Encore". The decided to transfer the anti-subsignal was sen', by Admiral Glynn marine school. H.M.S. Sea Eag'e.
R. Donahoe. U.S. Navy (Commrnd- from Londonderry to Plymouth,
cr Military Sea Transportation
The base in Londonderry was a
Service).
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Second World War. Since then it
Britain's Joint R.N.-R.A.F. ASW has been used not only by the Royal
School, established at London- Navy for the development of antiderry since 1946. is to be moved to submarine techniques but by the
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next three years. Claim is that this including the United States.
will permit frigates and submarines
The closure of the base will be
to spend more time in the training area because of the more phased over the next three years
favourable geographic situation, and the Westminster Government
and that it will also save about have undertaken to make a search
for some alternative activity which
£500.000 a year.
can be located in Londonderry.
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NAVY, February-Mo.ch-April,
RESEARCH INTO SEA WATER
NEW R.FA. TANKER
A research centre to be set up at
LAUNCHED
Troon. Ayrshire, for research into
sea water distillation, will prove the
The R.F.A. "OLNA", the third of
designs of plants ranging in three new Fleet Replenishment
capacity from 250.000 to 10 m. gal- Tankers for the Royal Fleet Auxil1966
THE NAVY, Ftbrumy-March-April,
1966
iary Service was launched from the
Hebburn Shipyard of Hawthorn
Leslie, Ltd. The naming ceremony
was performed by Mrs Redman,
wife of Mr S. Redman, the Deputy
Under Secretary of Slate (Naval).
She is designed to carry a mixed
cargo of fuels, and it fitted with
modem handling gear for transfer
by jackttay and derricks. Cargo
transfer operations are remotely
controlled by hydraulic power from
a Replenishment at Sea Office. She
will be air conditioned for service
in tropical waters and cold climates,
and specially strengthened for operations in ice. Her all-round capability will be enhanced by the provision of a helicopter landing p'atfcrm and hangar and her manoeuvrability will be facilitated by the
installation of a bow thrust unit.
Her double reduction geared turbine machine^ is being constructed
by St. Peter's Engine Works of Hawthorn Leslie (Engineers) Ltd. All
controls and instruments essential
to the operation of the main engines,
boilers and auxiliary plant arc completely automatic and are grouped
within a central control room.
"OLNA" has an overall length of
648 feel, a beam of 84 feet and
a draught of 34 feet. Her complement will be 87 R.F.A. officers and
men, and there will be additional
accommodation for the Royal Navy
officers and men borne in_(wartime.
She will be the third Royal Fleet
Auxiliary to hear the name. The
first was built in 1921 and was sunk
by enemy action in 1941. The second ship, built in 1945, is due to be
withdrawn from service in the near
future.
The OLNA's sister ships are the
OLYNTHUS". and "OLEANDER", due to be completed during
the next few months.
HMJS. HYDRA
A vessel with a propeller in her
bows, a helicopter flight deck and
hangar, a garage and two scientific
laboratories, is the latest survey ship
to be launched for the Royal Navy.
H.M.S. "HYDRA" was launched
last year by the wife of the Navy's
Chief Scientist. Mr. B. W. Lythall.
The last of three new survey
ships, the "HYDRA" will on completion be capable of sounding the
Po9* HfHwn
deepest parts of the ocean and obtain sample cores from the sea bed
at 33.000 feet. A landrover and
trailer will also be carried in the
garage for use by the scientists and
survey teams when working ashore.
Other hydrographic operations will
be assisted by a Wasp helicopter.
Like her sister ships — the
" H E C L A " and the ' H E C A T E " —
the HYDRA has an overall length
of 260 feel, a displacement of 28(H)
tons, a range of 12.000 miles and
a speed of 14 knots. Her hull is
specially strengthened for navigation
in ice and the bow propeller will
give improved manoevrability. She
will have a complement of 117 officers, scientists and ratings.
There have been six earlier
HYDRAS in British Naval history.
(lie first was launched in the Thames
in 1778.
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'HIMALAYA'
2
ORSOVA'
E A S I E R ( K l INI
Mar
27-Apr.
12. F r o m Sydney. T o Nukn'alofa.
Suva. N o u m e a . H a y m a n Island
Returns via Whitsunday Passage.
rass Lord H o w e Island and Sail's
Pyramid. Fares f r o m : First. $394
(£197); Tourist. $278 (£139).
3
•CHUSAN'
1M I N U S
C R U S E , M a y 25June 15. F r o m Sydney. T o Auckland. < ft Rarotonga. to Papeete
Pass 11"'a Bora, to l.autnka and
Suva.
Pass N o r f o l k and Lord
Howe Islands and Ball's Pyramid.
Fares f r o m : First. S470 (£235):
Tourist. $372 (£186).
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4
'HIMALAYA'
S U N S H I N E C R U I S E * July 2 1 Aug. 4. F r o m Sydney. Pass Norfolk Island, fo Pago Pago. Pass
Niuafo'ou ( T i n Can Island) en
route to Suva and Nuku'alofa.
Returns
via
Kandavu
Passage
passing Kandavu
Island.
Ball's
Pyramid and Lord H o w e Island
One Class fares from $ 2 5 0 (£125)
5
'ARCADIA*
Doubling
of
the
production
schedule of the U.S.M.C.'s CH-46A
Sea Knight helicopter has been ordered by the U.S. IX'fence Department and Boeing-Vertol Division
has been given a SI0.700.000 contract for procurement of long-leadtime items against future orders for
the type—a medium assault transport helicopter already in operation
with the Atlantic and Pacific fleets.
This action follows the earlier Defence Department order for a 100<#
increase in production of the U.S.
Army's CH-47A Chinook helicopter,
D A R T M O U T H . DEVON After and in consequence Vertol is rapidly
six years of research in their home expanding employment. Primary role
laboratory George Tessyman. the of the Sea Knight is the deployment
well-known Dartmouth diver, and of up to 25 combat-equipped Marl>avc Thomas nave perfected a pro- ines, artillery and support equipcess for extracting 'agar' from sea- ment from amphibious assault landw ecd. Agar is an expensive ub- ing sh'ps to advanced areas under
stance used in many industries for all-weather conditions. Further helimodifying the physical characteris- copter orders are believed imminent
tics of ready-mixed foods, toothpaste because the Defence Department
etc.. and as a base for growing cul- recently approved increases in the
tures in medical research. Other by- U.S. Army helicopter units adding
products are expected to be valuable u p to 27 new Bell UH-1D Iroquois
animal foodstuffs.
companies (20 helicopters each) and
five new Vertol CH-47A Chinook
companies( of 16 aircraft each).
H . M A -CHURCHILL' AGAIN
S U N S H I N E C R U I S E , Aug. 30Sept. 12.
From
Sydney.
Pass
Ball's Pyramid and Lord Howe
Island
to
Honiara
(Solomon
Islands).
Lautoka
and
Suva
Returns via Havannah Passage and
Noumea. Fares from: First. $312
(£156): Tourist. $220 (£110)
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'CANBERRA'
O R I E N T A L C R U I S E , Oct
19N o v . 16. From Sydney: V i a New
Georgia Sound ("The Slot") lo
'Aran for 8 days, with calls at
Yokohama
(Tokyo). Kobe
and
. -agasaki. Returns via Hong Kong,
passing Y a p Island. Fares f r o m :
First. $838 (£419); Tourist. $464
(£232).
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'ARCADIA'
C H R I S T M A S / N E W
YEAR
C R U I S E , Dec. 20-Jan. 2. F r o m
Sydney. P:iss Lord H c w e Island.
Ball's Pyramid and N o r f o l k Island
lo Suva. N e w Zealand, calling at
Bay of Islands. Auckland and
Piclon. Fares f r o m : First, $316
(£158); Tourist. $ 2 , 8 (£104)
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'ORSOVA'
C H R I S T M A S C R U I S E , Dec. 2 1 30. F r o m Sydney. T o Hobart.
then to New Zealand, cruising in
Pelorus
and
Queen
Charlotte
Sounds, and calling al Wellington.
Fares f r o m : First. $202 (£101):
Tourist. $144 (£72).
UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
Short Bros, and Harland have
been awarded the first McDonnel
Phantom airframe sub-contract order to go to a U.K. company. McDonnell is placing with them a contract for the manufacture of the
outer-wing and outer-wing leading
etlge flaps for the R.N.-R.A.F. ordered Phantoms. Tooling and detailed fabrication is already under
way.
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( HI KH\
BLOSSOM
CRUSE,
M a r . 25-Apr. 26. F r o m Sydney.
V i a G u a m 10 Japan for 7 days,
wilh calls at Y o k o h a m a . Kobe and
Nagasaki, Returns via Hong k..>ng
anil Man-la One ( l a s s fares from
5r»26 (£313).
Wislon. there has been a Churchill
in the Fleet before. She was the
former U.S.S. Herndon,
a 'fourstack llu-h deck-destroyer which was
among the 50 American destroyers
to be transferred to the Royal Navy
ir 1940. The destroyer wa:i completed in 1920 and renamed Churchill
after U.K. and U.S. place-names.
The previous Churchill took part in
Atlantic convoys, including one for
the big build-up in North Africa
after the landings of Operation
Torch in 1942. She was transferred
to the Russian Navy in 1944 and
renamed Dv'uuvlnyi and was sunk
by a U-boat torpedo in the Arctic
Ocean in January 1945.
Ask about connecting travel to and from Sydney in the ship or by other means before and after the Cruise
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C14)
Britain's fourth nuclear-powered
submarine—ordered last month is to
be named after Sir Winston Churchill. She is to be a Fleet Submarine
(formerly catted hunter-killers) and
will commemorate the Navy's most
famous First Lord of both world
wars. Although no previuos H.M.
ships has been named after Sir
THE NAVY, F+bruary-Morch-Aprit, 1966
N5s F O R T H E I S V
The U.S. Navy has bought three
SK-5s ( G E T58-LM 100-engined
Wcslland SR.N5s) from Bell Aerosystems. The basic hulls have already
been delivered lo Bell by Westland
and arc in final assembly at Buffalo.
N.Y. T h e $1,500,000 order follows
an extensive evaluation last winter
and spring.
INTRUDER
IN
ACTION
Grumman A*6A Intruder attack
aircraft of VA-75 launched from the
U.S.S. Independence were in action
over Vietnam for the first time on
July 5 last year. Grumman Aircraft
is soon to conduct studies for the
integration of the Phoenix air-to-air
missile system into the A-6A.
SOVIET S U B M A R I N E
STRENGTH
U.S.N, sources estimate the Soviet
Navy submarine strength at about
400 submarines, with 150 of them
less than eight years old and about
a third of these nuclear powered.
Against this total the U.S.N, has
about 100 submarines, many of them
nuclear. In consequence the United
Slates is giving ASW a high priority,
and is currently seeking
R & D
sources for a preliminary system design for an ASW ship integrated
combat system to increase the performance effectiveness of anti-submarine combat systems in surface
ships.
NORTH
AMERICAN
FLIES
OV-I0A
The North American OV-I0A
counter-insurgency aircraft—winner
of the Navy's COIN"' competition
—made its first flight at Columbus.
Ohio.
North
American
were
awarded a contract to build seven
prototypes in August 1964. by the
Bureau of Naval Weapons.
Pacific-based FBM submarines of
the U.S.N, are expected to be the
first convened from the Polaris A3
missile to the more advanced Lockheed Poseidon missile, now under
development. Commentators forecast that three more Polaris submarines will be added to the four
currently assigned to Western Pacific
patrols this year and that the first
conversion will be made when the
first of the older members of the
fleet is docked for extensive overhaul in late 1966 or 1967 at the
Pugct Sound Naval Shipyard.
ARMY FLAT-TOP
The U.S. Army is looking for an
aircraft carrier. N o intention of invading Navy's mission, but it wants
to set up mobile maintenance shop
aboard carrier where it can land
tight planes as well as choppers.
The Army recently acquired the
old Navy seaplane tender. U.S.N.S.
Albemarle,
renamed
it
Corpus
Christi Bay, and is outfitting u as
a floating repair shop. But the ship
will be restricted to repair of aircraft components and helicopters because it can't take fixed wing planes
aboard. Small World War Two jeep
carrier, now in mothballs could accomodate Army planes.
Shipboard repair hops aren*t a new
idea. Army Air Force had some in
the South Pacific in World War
Two. Bui while A.F. and Navy
now fly planes to major repair depots in the Philippines or elsewhere
in the Far East, the Army's shortlegged aircraft must be repaired
nearby.
With air-conditioned workshops
fitted with full assortment of machine tools, sheet mclal equipment,
etc., plus living quarters for personnel. Army's Corpus Christi Hay
will be a big improvement over repair facilities now available in South
Vietnam. If a second repair ship is
needed, it's likely the Army will pet
its carrier.
HELICOPTERS FOR
RESCUE
SEA-BED
The U.S. Navy is planning an
"undersea helicopter" to rescue survivors of disabled submarines.
Such a craft would have propellers at both ends and be able to
manoeuvre underwater like a helicopter does in the air.
The Navy is pressing ahead with
its planning, following the tragic
loss of the nuclear submarine
Thresher, which went down in 8.4(H)
feet of water in April. 1963, with
129 men aboard.
The "undersea helicopter" concept is the mainstay of the Navy's
multi-million pound programme to
increase rescue research, and recovPeg* ElghtMn
ery operations on the ocean floor.
Engineers have tabbed the proposed craft T.P.S.—for tandem propeller submarine.
They say development of the vessel will revolutionise rescue techniques where submarines become
disabled.
Engineers say a prime advantage
of the T.P.S. is that it would have
exceptional manoeuvrability at low
or even zero speeds.
The T.P.S. would be able to move
straight up and down, sideways, or
roll over like a spacecraft.
It could yaw. roll, pitch, heave
or sway enabling it to get to a
stricken submarine and place its
hatch over the hatch of the
crippled vessel.
As at present envisaged 12 to 14
men could be taken aboard a T.P.S.
with the rescue craft making repealed trips lo a mother warship.
Besides swift rescue operation, (he
Navy also envisages the T.P.S. as a
vessel capable of carrying out research work at great depths.
Initially, it is planned for a lest
vehicle to operate down lo 6<XX) feci
followed by four T.P.S. vessels opci at ion a I to depths of 20.000 feet
by 1971.
The Navy's special projects office
says it expects lo let a contract for
design studies this year.
Engineers say the biggest problem in building of such vessels
is to obtain materials to withstand
(he tremendous pressure at great
depths.
At 20,000 feet a force of 8800 lbs
presses on every square inch of surface.
The motors turning the propellers
or water jet fans will, therefore, be
located outside the inner pressurised
hull of the craft.
OVERDUE
The first of the Navy's new Douglas TA-4E trainers, went to fleet replacement training squadrons on
both coasts during February, this
year, supplanting Grumman TF-9J
Cougars. Though only 35 TA-4E's
have been ordct
far Naval Air
Advanced Training Command, with
headquarters at Corpus Christi,
Tex., figures it will need 300 or
more by 1970 to replace its Cougars.
Marine Corps also needs new trainers.
The TA-4E is an improved modification of the single-scat A-4E
Skyhawk attack fighter. Powcrplant
is Pratt & Whitney J52 turbojet with
900 lb thrust which gives it a top
speed of just below Mach I. a
cruising speed of 500 m.p.h. and a
range of almost 2000 miles. Maximum gross takeoff weight of combat A-41 is 24,500 lb, though the
trainer would normally operate at
less.
The TA-4E, however, will be capable of combat operations, with provision for bombs, rockets, missiles
and guns. It wilt be flown from carriers as well as airfields. It is 42.5 ft
long, 28 in. more than the A-4E. The
span of 27.5 ft and 15 ft height arc
identical to A-4E.
A new advanced Navy trainer is
overdue. Cougars have been operational for 10 years, trainer versions
since mid-1956. Production of the
TF-9J ended in 1959. with a total
of 399 built.
NAVY ORDERS MORE TA-4E*
Production of TA-4E Skyhawks
through l%7 has been assured by a
$35,200,000 contract awarded to the
Aircraft Division for Navy procurement of 73 additional two-place
Skyhawk jet trainers.
The award was the second option
exercised by the Navy on the origlal TA-4E contract last year, calling
for an initial 35 aircraft at a price
of S29.400.000. including development costs.
The first option, exercised in June
of last year, authorised production
of 31 or more TA-4Es at a ceiling
price of $14,900,000.
The new option for continued production raises Department of Defence commitments under the TA4E contract to 139 aircraft and
$79,500,000.
(.Rt 'MAN S-2 TRACKER
The U.S.N, is seeking a replacement for the Grumman S-2 Tracker
as a carrier-based ASW aircraft, but
the matter is still at an early stage
and the production stage is unlikely
to be reached until 1967—possibly
1968. Its requirement, designated
THE NAVY, F.bruory-Morch-April,
VSX, has been under study by the
Navy's Office of ASW Programmes
since April 1964, and R & D sources
are now being sought in the industry
to study analyses of airframe, wing
design, lift devices, powcrplant
needs, sensor configuration, mission
effectiveness of powerplant types,
and the influence of various configurations on cost, development
time, maintenance and support. Development from this stage could
probably take the project to budget discussion phase, and possibly
production in 1967 if sufficient urgency is attached.
ATLANTIC BID IN TINY SAIL
BOAT
William Verity, the American
yachtsman, says he will try again to
sail his 12 ft home-made sailboat to
Ireland in mid-May, 1966.
Verity's previous trip was postponed after he was blown off his
course on the first leg of his cruise—
from Vera Cruz, Mexico, to Fort
Lauderdale. It took him 36 days to
sail from Vera Cruz to Mobile.
Alabama.
Proposals have been invited by the
U.S.N, from ten firms for the design and development of a prototype deep submergence vehicle to
be used in rescue of crews trapped
aboard disabled submarines. The
Navy's initial plan is to have 12 of
these vehicles stationed at strategic
points around the world where rescue services might be needed. The
rescue vehicle needs to be airportable by such transports as the C141. so that it can be brought into
operation in less than 24 hours at
the underwater disaster site. Bids
foi the contract have been invited
from General Electric. General Dynamics, Grumman, Lockheed, North
American,
Litton.
Lear Sigler,
Westinghouse and Newport News
Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. The
successful contractor will have eight
month to complete advanced design
work and 18 months to build a
prototype.
SEALAB 2
The main object of the latest Sealab Project, organised by the United
States Navy, is to determine how
much useful work can be accom-
plished by divers living at a depth
of 250 feet. It's planned for late
summer, off La jolla, California,
and two ten-man diving teams will
live in the underwater house for 15
to 30 days.
One improvement on the facilities
which were available for last year's
experiment: a helium speech converter which makes intelligible conversation of the resultant quacking
noises from divers breathing helium
mixtures. Sealab II is a cylindrical
building and measures 50 feet by 12
feet. Intensive training will last four
months and there may be some
civilian scientists on the project.
degrees from trough-like ramps with
the aid of undertail boost.
Configuration is that of a small
pilolleas aircraft about 14 ft (4.27
m.) long with sweptback wings and
a tail assembly with a vertical tin
and tailplane with large anhedral.
Control is by conventional ailerons,
elevators and rudder.
The missile, clearly subsonic, has
a rounded nose which may contain
the homing radar. A sustainer rocket
motor exhausts from the tail. It
would appear that steering is by
command guidance from the launching vessel and that the effective
range is little more than 10 miles
(16 km.).
Another picture shows a "missile
capable of carrying a nuclear warALL-WEATHER CARRIER
head" being fired from a Soviet
LANDINGS
Further
development
of
the warship. Some years ago the Soviet
U.S.N.'s all-weather carrier landing Navy converted a number of "Sverdsystem is to be undertaken. The sys- lnv"-class cruisers as missile carriers.
tem, by Bell Aerosystems, permits They were also equipped with a
hands-off landings on pitching and variant of the land-based surface-torolling carrier decks regardless of air missile NATO code-named
weather: it uses radar units, data Guideline widely deployed in the
stabilisation equipment, a tracking Soviet Union and the satellite slates.
radar-command/beam
rider
a. nverier, and display control con- This
soles. Over 400 landings were made missile is roughly equivalent to
during recent trials on U.S.S. Kitty- America's MIM-3A Nike Ajax.
hawk. For an automatic landing
Guideline, which has also apthe aircraft is flown lo the general peared in Cuba, Iraq and Indonesia,
vicinity of the carrier and is picked may have been ihe missile responup by the system as it flies through sible for destroying American airan approach area or "gate". It is craft over North Vietnam last year.
tracked by radar which supplies data On July 24th an F-4C Phantom was
to a computer; the system compen- shot down by a missile 40 miles
sates for the pitch and roll of the west of Hanoi; a Skyhawk suffered
ship and sends flight-path correc- the same fate on August 12th whilst
tions to the aircraft via a data link. on armed highway reconnaissance
This continues until touchdown.
60 miles south-west of the town.
Under the contract. Bell will re- Seven surface-to-air missile sites had
place analogue computers with digi- earlier been reported closer to
tal computers and introduce more Hanoi. Two of these were of mobile
micro-modularised components to type of the kind which brought
down the American aircraft.
improve the system's reliability.
U&UL
MORE SOVIET MISSILES
New photographs of Soviet missiles continue to appear in Russian newspapers. A recent example,
commemorating Soviet Navy Week.
shows a winged missile being slung
aboard a fast patrol boat. Missiles
are stowed within containers on the
after deck — four per boal. When
opened they allow the missiles to be
launchen at an angle of about 30
CRUISING
About 30 Communist Chinese and
80 Russian submarines are cruising
the Pacific Ocean, according to the
U.S. Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral David L. McDonald, in an interview published in the "Christian
Science Monitor".
Admiral McDonald said some of
the Russian submarines were nuclear-powered.
1966
THE KAVY, February-March- April, 1966
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THE NAVY, Fabruary-March-April,
The French deterrent submarine
programme is already under way,
following the launching last year
of an experimental submarine for
practical testing of the I860 mile
range missiles which will be carried
in the operational nuclear boats. By
1967 the Pacific Test Centre in
French Polynesia will be completed
and will replace the present centres
in the Sahara. A number of merchant ships are being bought or
chartered hy the French Government to accommodate engineers and
technicians working on the Pacific
missile testing range.
By 1970 the French Navy will
consist of two attack carriers and
one helicopter carrier; two cruisers
and a missile frigate with a second
under construction: forty destroyers and dual-purpose frigates, of
which nine will have been completely
refittedfive
corvettes;
twenty-one submarines; ten maintenance ships, including two oilers;
an amphibious force of thirteen
landing ships and craft; and one
hundred minesweepers.
The French military budget has
increased this year by £70m. over
the 1964 figure, and naval expenditure has increased by £19m. The
programme over the next five years
will include production of nuclear
materials, weapons development and
production, weapons experiments
and testing, and nuclear propulsion
development.
ITALY
SEA KING FOR ITALIAN NAVY
Costruzioni Aironautichc
Gioi ann i Agus'.a has reached preliminary agreement with United
Aircraft for the licenced manufacture in Italy of the Sikorsky
SH-3D Sea King amphibious AS\V
helicopter for the Italian Navy. The
SH-3D, which is scheduled to enter
service this year with the U.S. Navy,
is an improved version of the current SH-3A with up-dated ASW
equipment and 1400 shp General
Electric T58-GE-I0 engines.
F U T U R E PLANS
French naval plans for the next
10 years afford for an increase in
tonnage of 50.000 to 300,000 tons.
The principal projects will include
three Polaris-type nuclear powered
submarines: two Daphne class conventional submarines: one 30<X> ion
high-performance submarine prototype: five 2500 ton corvettes; one
ocean and eight coastal minesweepers; and the refitting of six Narval
JAPAN
class submarines. Five anti-subSEA G I A N T
marine destroyers are to get *MalaN A G A S A K I . - A mammoth new
fon missiles, while two sister ships
fill be rearmed with *Masurca anti- 118.000 ton deadweight tanker was
christened
the "Oriental Dragon" at
aircraft missiles.
a Japanese shipyard on 14th Decem•See missile notes.
ber. 1965.
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France has dealt the United
Slates a t wo-edged rebuff in selling
ten Douglas A-IH Skyraiders. rctired from the Armee dc l'Air, to
Cambodia. The U.S. State Department had asked for the sale to be
cancelled, as U.S. relations with
Cambodia, which borders South
Vietnam, are very strained.
France rejected the request, as
previously it had declined to sell
the Skyraiders to the U.S.A.F. The
U.S.A.F. and S.V.A.F. have found
the Skyraidcr an ideal aircraft in the
Vietnam war and have now run
through the U.S.N.'s remaining
stocks of this veteran strike aircraft.
SECOND N U C L E A R
SUBMARINE
France's Defence Minister Messmer has announced the ordering
for the Navy of a second nuclcat
missile submarine, to be equipped
with missiles of one-megaton force.
The test launching of one of these
missiles is scheduled for the end of
1%7. and they will enter operational service in the period 1968-70.
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ATLANTIC PROGRESS
Flight trial* of the first production Brcguel 1150 Atlantic maritime
reconnaissance aircraft have begun
This hrst aircraft is destined for
France's Acronovale while the second, will be the first for the Federal German Marineflicger der Bundeswehr. The programmed production schedule of three aircraft per
month is to be attained later this
year.
1966
THE NAVY, February-March- April.
1966
DREDGING
PORTS
Japanese steel mills arc dredging
ports to enable the entry of larger
ships needed to carry coal and iron
ore from Australia.
The Japanese steel industry was
planning to build several coal and
ore carriers of 70.000 to 80,000
deadweight tons, the Japan Iron and
Steel Federation said in TOKYO.
In the future the industry hoped
to put carriers of the 100.000 deadweight ton class on the Australian
run.
JAPANESE LAUNCH
VESSEL
LARGEST
A 150,000 ton tanker—the largest
vessel
ever
floated—was
launched at the shipyard of Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries,
Yokohama.
Larger by 15.000 tons that the
135.000 ton (deadweight)
Nissho
Marti, also a Japanese tankct, the
new vessel, christened Tokyo Maru
cost an estimated 511,900,000.
The mammoth tanker is 306.5
meters long 47.5 meters wide and
has a draft of 16 meters.
Its 30.000 horsepower steam turbine ncgine will generate a speed of
17 knots. It will carry a 29-man
crew.
The Tokyo Maru will carry crude
oil from the Persian Gulf to Japan
for a group of Japanese oil refineries. Builders report the vessel
can carry 150.000 tons of oil.
KENYA
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The
High Commissioner
for
Kenya. H.E. Dr. J. N. Karanja.
launched the first of three patrol
boats built by Vospers of Portsmouth for the Kenya Na i y. These
\cssels will be 103 ft long have
speeds of over 20 knots, two 40mm
guns and cruising ranges of some
1500 miles The purchase was made
possible by the British Governm e n t s gift of SI.3m. as part of a
long-term aid programme: £\m. for
the craft, the rest for the Naval
Base at Mombasa and for maintenance and training equipment.
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Taken from Macao with an 900 millimeter lens, ihowi a Communist Chinese gunboat, the lorgest
seen in the waters around the Portuguese colony. Based al nearby Lappa Island, it is one of
several heavily armed Communist Chinese gunboats constantly patrolling the Pearl River and West
River areas in an attempt to stem the flow of refugees from mainland China toMacoo.
The Korean Landing Ship "Weebong" ( L S I 812) steams out of Saigon harbour en route to the Republic of Korea following eight months
of service in the Republic of Vietnam. The homeward-bound vessel
was relieved by a sister ship "Su
Yong" (LST 813) at a unit rotation
ceremony. During the ceremony Admiral Kim Kwang-ok. Chief of Staff
for operations (Republic of Korea)
received a Republic of Vietnam
naval medal, presented by Vietnamese Major-General Tran Ngoc
Tarn. Two other ROK naval officers
and
10 warrant
officers were
awarded Vietnamese medals of
honour.
These Landing Ships are of the
ex-U.S. LST Type; displace 1.653
tons standard, 2.366 tons beaching
(4,080 tons full load), and are 328
feet in overall length. They are
armed with 7—40 mm. and 6—20
mm. anti aircraft guns. Diesel powered with two shafts—B.H.P.: 1,700
equalling 11 knots. Cargo capacity
is 2.100 tons. Complement of 113
officers and men.
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Pag* Twenty-throe
U.S. SUBMARINE VISITS SYDNEY
MM modified Balao class submarine, I .S.S. Archerilsh l VGSS-31 I) began an eighteen da\ visit
to S>dne> on 18th December, 1965. This was the second Christmas leave spent in Sydney by the
crew of the Archerfish. Two civilian oceanographers are aboard along with the crew—5 officers
and 68 enlisted men—all bachelors.
ling .'I! I'okyu Has A large aircraft
carrier screened by four deslroyeis
was sighted depaitmg the ba> on
.i southerly course. An undetected
chase ensued which tnded (list hefore dawn on November 29 with
the liring of si\ torpedoes Four
direct hits proved fatal to the carrier which sank at KiSS hours that
morning with the loss of 5tXi men.
all hough it was not known at that
time Archerfish hud successfully
attacked the Shinano only 17 hours
after starting on her maiden voyage
following a construction period of
more than four years. This ship
HISTORY
Her keel was laid on Januar> 22.
I94.V at Portsmouth. New Hampshire, and four months h u r . March
29. 194.V Archcrtish was launched
and christened.
Only one year lo the day had
passed since the laying of hei keel
before Archcrtish first dr*.w Mood
by sending torpedoes inn a ^.(KiO
ton enemy freighter on Ja.iuaiy 22.
1944.
The high point of hei wartime
service occurred on the evening ol
November 28. 1944. while patrol-
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displaced 59,(HM> tons and was initially designed as a Yamato class
baitU ship. However, it had been
converted during construction into a
gigantic aircraft carrier which remained (he largest ship ever built
until the advent of the Forrestal
class barriers nearly ten years later.
For this Archcrtish and her officer*
and men were awarded (he coveted
Prcsideniial Unit Citation.
The etiu of the war saw Archerfish return to peacetime operations
before being de-activated in June.
1946.
In 1952. the reactivated
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of such a mission are the variety
ana number of exotic foreign ports
visited.
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Archerfish is a Fleet Type Submarine, the same class which attained such success in World War
II. Archerfish has received sonw
modem equipment since the war.
The boat displaces 1.807 tons and
is 311 feet in length. For propulsion on the surface, the boat is
powered by four nine-cylinder op-
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attached 1X7 generators which in
turn furnish electric power to the
main motors that are geared to the
two propeller shafts. Upon diving,
the electrical power source for the
propulsion motors is shifted to the
two storage batteries, each composed of 126 cells. The cells arc of
(he standard lead-acid variety and
each weighs approximately one ton.
Due to her mission as a hydrographic survey vessel. Archerfish has
been demilitarised by removal of
her torpedo tubes, torpedoes, and
fire control equipment. At a cruising
speed of 12 knots. Archerfish can
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to hydrographic work and in I960, she was
selected for Operation Sea Scan, an
ex(cnsive hydrographic survey of
both the Atlantic and
Pacific
Oceans, upon which she is still engaged. In order to perform this mission. Archerfish seldom visits h e '
home port. Pearl Harbour, and
spends a great majority of her time
at sea. Most months see her sail at
least 5.(XK> miles and during her
best monlh lo date, she covered
over HUMK) miles. Due to the nature
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The resul". of the annual efficiency competition among Australia's
thirty-nine Sea Cadet units has
been announced.
The efficiency trophy, presented
by the Navy League of Australia.
was awarded to the training ship
DERWENT in Mohan. Tasmania.
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The Naval Board sent its congratulations (o the Mohan un'i.
Tra n:ng ship D E R W L N T has
seven sea cadet officers, five instructors and 120 cadets. Two cade;.
joined the R.A.N, during 1965
while four other joined the R.A.N
Reserve.
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Or Schurman bases his study on
six naval writers, live British, the
Colombo. Laughton. Richmond and
Corbetl. and one American, Mahan.
He relates with much scholarly detail how these writers, by describing
naval warfare in the age of sail,
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Where, then, do we find our reading matter?
coffee. That s why coffee
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Nescafe flavour doesn't age out
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is as good as the very first.
So, for great coffee flavour
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The naval wars of this century
have been well described in personal memoirs and by expert historians, both official and unofficial.
The works of these authors are
easily found in bookshops and
libraries, and for that reason need
not be mentioned here.
It is far harder to find the best
literature on sailing-ship warfare.
Official histories were commonly
non-exisienl or fragmentary or produced long afterwards. For example, the Admiralty produced its
first official account of the battle of
Trafalgar more than a hundred
years after the battle was fought.
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Naval warfare is often mentioned
by historians, but historians vary
greatly in their understanding of
naval matters. Some relatively recent
books can serve as guides. For classical antiquity we have "Ancient
Mariners." by Lionel Casson. and
also Greek and Roman Naval Warfare", by W. L. Rodgers. For
medieval Europe we have "Naval
Warfare under O a r s ' , by W. L.
Rodgers. For eastern seas we have
"Background
of
Eastern
Sea
Power", by F. B. Eldridgc. Some
scholarly writers on China and
Japan, such as Sir John Davis. Edward Parker and Sir Ernest Satow,
had had experience of the seas of
(he Far East.
Finally, let us consider sailingship warfare from the sixteenth
ccn'ury to the nineteenth century.
The dominant naval power was
Britain, and all modern navies have
been to some extent modelled on
the Royal Navy. Dr. Schurman's
book is the best one-volume guide
to that period; in discussing his six
writers he provides a key to all the
scholarly literature about it. Anyone who reads his book or w h o
looks at his bibliographic note
(pages 193 to 198) will be able to
begin reading standard works on
naval history. Much of this material
is in periodicals and works of reference, which arc not specifically
naval. Laughton. for example, wrote
the articles on the admirals for the
Dictionary of National Biography.
Or Schurman makes a careful
evaluation of the work of his six
writers, and in passing introduces
other important naval writers such
as Bridge. Custance and Burrows.
That, then, is probably the main
use of Or Schurman's book for most
readers. Dr Schurman's immediate
concern, however, is something
more specialised, but very important
and interesting. He describes the
technological revolution of the nineteenth century as seeming at the
time to have made all earlier
strategic
doctrines
obsolete.
Armies, however, did not become
truly mechanised until the Second
World War. Because they were
technically backward, they maintained a body of doctrine based on
earlier history. Fixed defences were
highly developed, and the Navy was
given a subordinate part even in
planning the defence of Britain
against invasion. The naval historians as Dr. Schurman relates, played
a big part in the naval revival that
took place in the generation before
1914. From their arguments, and
from the events of the two world
wars, we can learn much about the
relation between theory and practice. Thus fortified, we can resist
theorists of the atomic age who try
to persuade us to forget
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strategic lessons of the past.
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ships with information, charts, and
instruments for navigation, including precise standards of time. To
that end. in 1830. the Navy established the Depot of Charts and Instruments at Washington where, in
1838. a small observatory was built
for the standardisation and regulation of time.
On August 18. 1842, President
John Tyler signed an act authorising
the founding of a Naval Observatory
on public lands in the District of
Columbia. In 1844, the observatory
and staff of the Navy Depot of
Charts moved to a 19 acre (7.7
hectare) site not far from where the
Lincoln Memorial now stands, and
in 1846 it was authorised to make
the results of astronomical observations available for the preparation of
a national almanac and to make use
of it, findings as contributions to
astronomical science.
As the Observati ry grew, so did
the federal capita). Very soon the
growth of the city made it difficult.
if not impossible, to make astronomical observations at the original
location, and it became apparent
that a new site would have to be
found. In 1893 the Observatory was
moved further out.
Traditionally, the Superintendent
of the Naval Observatory has been
a senior officer appointed to that
position by the U S . Navy. The
scientific programme, however, is
under a scientific director, who is assisted by a large permanent and
visiting staff. Under him. work of
the Observatory is supervised in
several divisions. The Nautical A l manac office is responsible for preparing and publishing the tables of
astronomical data used by navigators, engineers, and astronomers,
such as "The American Ephemeris
and Nautical Almanac", the " A i r
Almanac", special volumes used by
surveyors, and circulars giving the
circumstances of forthcoming eclipses. The Nautical Almanac office
also contributes data to other basic
astronomical references, such as the
annual "Apparent Places of Fundamental Stars".
The Time Service Division of the
Observatory has a continuing programme of measuring accurate time
from
astronomical
observations.
From the master clock room at the
Observatory, standards of time and
frequency are supplied to broadcasting stations operated by the U.S.
Navy, and observations are made of
the times and frequencies broadcast
by other agencies and by foreign
time services.
Observations of the position of
the sun, moon and planets, and of
many thousands of reference stars
are continually being made under
the supervision of the Six-Inch Transit Circle Division and the SevenInch Transit Circle Division. These
observations are used to determine
the fundamental framework of reference lines on the sky that act as
a guide for geodetic measurements
of the earth and for the location of
celestial bodies.
The Astrometry and Astrophysics
Division of the Observatory carries
out an intensive programme of astronomical research. The principle
instruments used by this division are
a 40 inch (101.6 centimetre) icflcctor
and a 60 inch (1524 centimetre) reflector located at the Flagstaff StaThirty-.
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through
participation in astro-
nomical investigations and discussions with many other national and
international groups.
The largest telescope of the Naval
Observatory, the 60 inch reflector.
was dedicated at Flagstaff on June
19, 1964. Its objective mirror was
produced from the largest quartz
disc ever manufactured, and although not the largest, its mirror
may well have the most accurate
surface among the large telescopes
of the world. This telescope was designed for astrometric work (accurate mcaurements of the positions
and motions of faint stars by photographic methods). It will be devoted primarily to observations from
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originally constructed at Washington, but it was move! to Arizona
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in and about Washington. Designed
for astrophysicat work, the telescope
is used to observe the brightness.
colour, and spectral type of stars.
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The largest telescope on the Observatory grounds in Washington is
the famous 26 inch '66 centimetre)
refractor, firsi placed in service in
1873. It was with this telescope that
Asaph Halt, in 1877. discovered the
two small satellites of Mars. Completely modernised in 1960, it is still
being used actively in th observations of double stars, for the purpose of determining their masses
and distances. There arc two other
moderate-sized refractors at the Observatory — the 12 inch (30.5 centimetre) refractor and a 15 inch (38.1
centimetre) refractor, the latter being used in recent years for observing and photographing astero'ds.
The Ob'ervalory facilities also include the two transit telescopes,
used for timing and observing the
positions of celestial bodies as they
cross the meridian of the Observatory; a dual-rate moon camera, for
observing the position of the moon
among the stars in the measurement
of emphemcris time; and a photographic zenith tube, which is used
nightly to photograph stars passing
near the zenith of the Observatory
to determine mean solar time.
The scientific programme of the
THE NAVY, February-March-April, 1966
founded in 1142, th« United Statu Naval Observatory is the oldest official
scientific agency of th« U.S. Navy. Tho demo homes the 26-inch (66-centimetre)
refractory telescope placed in service in 1873. It w a i with this telescope that
the American astronomor, Asaph Hall, discovered tho two small satellites of the
planet Mars In 1 8 77 (U.S. Navy Photograph.1
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he said.
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N o periods of continuous t r a i n i n g w e r e programmed for the quarter under review. H o w ever, weekend t r a i n i n g was carried out in the following ships and Naval Establishments.
H.M.A.S. PENGUIN J2nd-24lh
On Saturday 2nd October, 1965. well over 100 have been requested
October.
each Unit in New South Wales to date.
H.M.A.S. WATSON 22nd-24.h held an "Open Day" and the Corps
By permission of the Commandreceived excellent publicity before- ing Officer (Reserves), four Sea
October.
H.M.A.S.
YARRA
26th-2Kth hand through various channels such Cadet Petty Officers were allowed
as the newspapers etc. Regrettably to participate in the first R.A.N.R.
November.
H.M.A.S. CRESWEI.L 26th-28th the overall support from the general Petty Officers Divisional Course to
public in the Metropolitan area be held in H.M.A.S. RUSHCUTNovember.
H.M.A.S.
ANZAC
26th-28th was far from enthusiastic in that TER. This course which continued
H.M.A.S. PENGUIN I0th-I2th the average attendance at the Units for nearly 6 months finished in
was in the region of 30, However, November and it is pleasing to be
December.
A higher ranks examination was there was a vastly different response able to report that two of the Sea
held in H.M.A.S. PENGUIN dur- in Wollongong where T.S. ALBAT- Cadet Instructors topped the class
ing the period of weekend training ROSS had over 300 people pass at the conclusion of the final exheld from I Oth to 12th December. through the Unit Headquarters in aminations. Chief Petty Officer Inthe one afternoon. Television cam- structor E. M. DOPSON of T.S.
1%5.
The Senior Officer, A.S.C.C. eras were present on the day and SIRIUS took the honours and Chief
.shots
of the Unit appeared in the Petty Officer Instructor K. G. GRI(N.S.W. Division), concluded his
MLEY of T.S. WARREGO gained
Annual inspect;on of all Uni's hv ncwsreel the same evening.
second place. The value of this
inspecting the Newcastle Unit, T.S.
Sea Cadets sold programmes in course to personnel of the Corps
TOBRUK. on Saturday 2nd OctobGarden Island on Saturday 9th is immense and the improvement
er. 1965.
October
1965—the day during in the Instructors who took part
A l l eight Units were visited on Navy Week when the dockyard is
was quite noticeable particularly so
the following dates by the recently open to the general public.
within the environs of their own
appointed Royal Australian Navy
On the occasion of the 1965 An- Unit where they could put their
Liaison Officer, A.S.C.C. (N.S.W.
nual Navy League Ball, a Guard newly gained knowledge to good
Division), Lieutenant L. E. Le
of Honour with Band was provided use. A second course is programRutte. R.A.N.V.R.
for the Guest of Honour, and in med for early 1966 and further Sea
16th October T.S. SHROPSHIRE
addition Cadets lined the stairs Cadet Instructors will be participat6th November
T.S. TOBRUK
to lend a 'Naval atmosphere'.
ing.
Oth November T.S. C O N D A M I N E
& T.S WARREGO
The Senior Officer arranged for
The Senior Officer and Officers
20th November
T.S. SYDNEY & a radio interview with the Radio of the A.S.C.C. (N.S.W. Division)
T.S. P A R R A M A T T A Station 2GB for the express purpose gave an *At Home' on Saturday
23rd November
T.S.SIRIUS of securing new recruits for the Mth December. 1965 from 1830 to
27ih November T.S. ALBATROSS A.S.C.C. and to bring before part 2030 hours at the Hotel Manly and
Several Units have taken the op- of the listening public an aware- over seventy people attended this
portunity to utilise the rifle range ness of the existence of this organ- function. This was the first time
in H.M.A.S. WATSON and it is isation for boys. The Station was such a function had been attempted
hoped that with continuous practice most generous in allowing a broad- and from the comments received
ii will prove possible to enlsr a cast of half an hour. A supply of re- it would appear to have been highly
team of 8 Cadets in the Interna- cruiting leaflets was left with 2GB successful.
tional Rifle Competition, sponsored who asked listeners to write in for
L. Mackay-Cruisc
each year by the Navy Leagu*. of a copy if interested and the re- Lieutenant-Commander
R.A.N. R.
sponse has been excellent in that
Canada.
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THE NAVY, Febtuo.y-Mo.ch-April,
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flames from whatever source, has
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company says flames are squelched,
on contact, when the blanket is
thrown over a fire. The blanket itself will not burn, smoke or char.
Price in the U.S.: $1.79.
1966
Small, precisely controlled explosions are employed by the International Research & Development Co..
Ltd., of Newcastle upon Tyne, England to fix lubes in boiler plates.
The patented process, which replaces
conventional welding or riveting, is
claimed lo produce savings of onethird in costs and 50 per cent or
more in time, while providing joints
oT higher integrity. The miniature explosive charges are positioned by the
operator and arc held in place by
plasticine. As many as 30 charges
can be detonated at once. In addition to savings in boiler manufacture, the British firm says its process
permits repairs of leaks without the
loss o f time involved in dismantling
for repairs by conventional methods.
CRT PROJECTOR DEVELOPED
A new compact and lightweight
unit which projects symbols from a
cathode ray tube on lo a flat surface
has been produced by Computing
Devices of Canada. Ltd.. Ottawa.
Its size makes it suitable for all
types of aircraft and h is designed lo
give navigational or tactical information on a plotting hoard, chart or
similar surface.
The unit takes manually injected
or automatically fed information
1966
and converts this into conventional
cartesian symbols which are displayed on a 2in (5 cm.) diameter
bright CRT. This image is projected
through a lens system.
Typical displays could cover the
changing pattern of anti-submarinj
search and attack, supply or paratroop dropping.
Audax Ltd. (U.K.) has developed
a new mobile telescope lighting
tower, called Hi-lite, which is capable of lighting an area of up to .M
acres, and can have wide application at airports, dockyards, construction sites, etc., with alternative
application as a radar or radio
aerial. The Hi-lite tower, fully selfcontained, is mounted on a 4-wheel
trailer, which also carries a 6kw
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watt lamps. U.K. sales price with
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Available in three sizes, the doors
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A team of German and American scientists have announced a
breakthrough to sources of energy
which "could dwarf conventional
nuclear power.
The 11-member team has successfully created for the first time
so-called anti-protons from light.
Professor Peter Staehelin reported his team had produced 18
such particles — negatively charged
helium nuclei—which "explode" releasing enormous energy, when
brought into contact with their normal counterparts.
Scientists believe that distant
milky ways may consist of such antimatter.
The experiment was carried out
at the West German electron synchroton research institute in Hamburg.
Professor Staehelin said a stream
of photons, or light particles, was
directed at a target of liquid helium
in the experiment, which also used
a 25 metre (80 feel) long chain of
various types of electro-magnet and
particle-counters, coupled to a computer.
The anti-protons were separated
from other particles, so-cat'ed pimesons, which are 2000 times as frequent in a so-called Chercnkow
counter.
The professor said three young
American scientists had taken part
in the experiment. He refused <o
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because this was "a genuine team
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He was cautious about possible
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could be created in the experiment.
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Radio-guided parachutes, develsingle operator, using the equipment, oped by Pioneer Parachute Co., of
Manchester, Conn., have been
tested by the U.S.A.F. in the Bavarian Alps to determine their
capability for homing on dropping
areas in fog and darkness. The parachute, which has a gliding angle of
1:1 and carries onboard guidance
and control equipment weighing 115
lb., is a 51 ft. diameter parasail
type. In the U.S.A.F. tests, drops of
the steerable parachutes were made
from C-123 aircraft to impact zones
located at the bottom of a narrow
valley. 2<MK) ft. below the mountain
ridge line.
A new range of lubricants using
iodine as the key ingredient, has
been developed by General Electric,
making it possible to use alloys of
titanium, stainless steel, nickel and
cobalt in moving parts of machinery
and with potential applications in
the metalworking field where new.
tough alloys of these metals are being increasingly used. An experimental four-cycle 2.5 h.p. petrol engine with a combination of titanium.
stainless steel and low-carbon steel
parts; and an electric motor with a
stainless steel shaft and bearings
have been used by G.E. in successful demonstration of the iodine lubricant.
SLIDING TO SAFETY
The inflatable escape slide allows
passengers to leave an aircraft in a
hurry. The need for such a slide—
for use in an emergency or when
an airport's conventional steps are
not available—arises because of the
height big modem aircraft stand
from the ground. The jump from
the doorway is much too great for
the safety of most passengers.
Deflated, the device is compact
and self-contained. With its own inflation gear, it packs into the form
of a wedge-shaped valise and occupies a space no bigger that 21 by 18
by 10 inches. It can be stowed in
any convenient place near the aircraft's doorway, and requires only
suitable anchorage points there.
It is air-inflated automatically
when it is pivoted about its anchorage points and the free end is
thrown from the door. Then it is
fully inflated and ready for use in
10 seconds.
Makers: The Walter Kidde Company. Northolt. Middlesex, in conjunction with R.F.D. Company.
Godalming, Surrey.
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AT HOME
The Senior Officer and Officers
of ihe New South Wales Division
held a successful "At Home" on
Saturday. I l t h December l%5. P
M.< at ihe Hotel Manly.
More than seventy persons attended, including guesLs from the
R.A.N.. R.A.A.F. and Na\> league.
AH were laudatory in their praise
of the Hotel staff's courtesy and
efficiency and the excellent food
served.
The function, in the opinion of
all present, was an outstanding success and it is honed that Other functions of this kind can he organised
at some future date.
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A GROUP TAKEN AT THE "AT HOME" GIVEN BY THE SENIOR OFFICER AND
OFFICERS OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES DIVISION
| L to R.) Lt. L. E. La Runt, R.A.N.V.R., R.A.N.L.O., Mitt C. G. Rodgors, Mts.
L« Ruts-. Lt. Cmdr A. A. Andrew. M.B.E., Secretary N S W . Division tho Navy
League of Australia, Mrs Andrews
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Commander
Hutchinson, R.A.N.
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NAVY,
February-March-April.
1966
' S E A C A T " — t O Y A L A U S T R A L I A N N A V Y ' S G U I D E D MISSILE W E A P O N
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1966.
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The Editor is always pleased to
receive news and photographs concerning
the activities
of
other
Divisions of the Corps.
THE NAVY, F«bruary-MoTth-April, 1966
A SCENE AT THE ANNUAL SWIMMING
CARNIVAL
Photograph by courtesy —
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Pag* Forty-**v*n
New Ships
of the
World's Navies
HALS hurvalus
H.M.S. Euryalus is a Type 12
anti-submarine frigate and IN the
seventh of the Rov.il Navv's latest
class of frigates known as the
Leander (lass She was biHt bv
Scot is Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. ltd., at Greenock. Scotland and laid down in November
l l, M. The I urvalus was launched
bv I adv Bingley. wife of Admiral
Sir Alexander Binglev. K.C.B..
O.B.E.. on 6th June. 1963; the
160:h Anniversary of the launch ng
of the first Euryalus in 1803. The
present Euryalus first commissioned
in September 1964 and sailed for
service in the Far East in the Spring
of 1965.
H.M.S. Euryalus has a standard
displacement of 2.300 tons with a
length of 372 feet, and a beam of
41 feet. She has a complement of
41 officers and 245 men. many of
whom arc young sailors at sea for
the first time.
Her main propulsion machinery
consists of two sets of steam turbines developing 30.000 shaft horse
power and giving her a soecd in
excess of 30 knots. She is fitted with
twin rudders and stabilisers, which,
together with her speed designed
hull-form give her excellent seakeeping qualities and high manoeuvrability at speed; important factors
in modern anti-submarine warfare.
Although her primary role in
war is the detection and destruction
of submarines the Euryalus is
equally able to engage ships and
aircraft, and bombard targets
ashore.
For her anti-submarine role the
Euryalus is armed with a triplebarrelled anti-submarine mortar,
mounted aft. This is automatically
aimed and fired by the sonar (underwater detection) equipment, and
can fire a pattern of projectiles set
to explode at computed depths. In
addition the Euryalus carries a
Pag*
Forty-eight
H.M.S.
Wasp helicopter, armed with homing to:ned»>es. to deal with onemv
submarines at long range.
Her main gun armament is a
twin 4.5 inch turret, mounted forward. This is directed by radar and
fired automatically. In addition the
Euryalus has two 44 mm. antiaircraft guns in single close-range
mountings. These will ultimately be
replaced by Seacat. the Royal Navy's
close range, ship-to-air guided missile system.
Great efforts have been made in
the design and layout of the upper
deck equipment to reduce the number of men needed to carry out
various duties The boats, gangways
and helicopter are hoisted or moved
by hydraulically operated winches
Between decks a high standard
of accommodation has been achieved for the ship's company. This
includes bunks for every man onboard, which can be converted to
settees during the day: and full
cafeteria mess:ng with senarate
dining halls for senior and junior
ratings. The galleys are all electric
and all operational spaces and living
quarters are air-conditioned.
Historical Note: The present
Euryalus is the sixth ship to bear
the name. The most renowned was
the first Euryalus. commanded by
Captain Blackwood at the lime of
Trafalgar. It was to this ship that
Nelson made his now famous signal, for all ships to read, before
EURYALUS
(V.K.I, photograph!
engag ng the French Fleet
"England expects that every man will do
his dulv'. The fourth Euryalus. an
armoured cruiser, distinguished herself at Gallipoli in I*> 15. The 1st
Battalion of the XX The Lancashire
Fusiliers, who were embarked at
the time, made a landing from the
ship and won six V.C.'s before
breakfast. In the action, the Battalion lost eleven officers and 350
men. and of the 80 naval ratings
manning the shin's boat; 63
were killed or wounded. Thus began
an association between the ship and
Regment which has continued
whenever there has been an Euryalus in commission. The ship's motto
omnia Audax' (Daring in all things)
is that of the XX The Lancashire
Fusiliers and was adopted by the
fifth Euryalus in 1951.
The fifth Euryalus endured two
years of the bitterest fighting in the
Mediterranean during the last war.
which included the Malta convoys
of 1941 and 1942. Later she was one
of the first ships to enter Hong
Kong to receive the Japanese surrender in 1945.
Euryalus. from whom the name
derives, was a distinguished Greek
warrior, considered to be one of
the bravest men who fought at
Troy. He was also a proficient athlete and a keen seaman, being one
of the famous Argonauts who
followed Jason in search of the
Ciolden Fleece.
THE NAVY,
February-March-Apnl
1966
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"Think Zinc" — and for marine products specify
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